Assistant Engineer; Environmental​/Engineer Trainee - NY HELPS

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This range is provided by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

$66,951.00/yr - $/yr

The three positions are located in the Division of Environmental Remediation, Remedial Bureau A and Remedial Bureau

B. The successful candidate will serve as a project manager overseeing state‑funded and privately funded remedial programs at a variety of sites across New York State. Duties include project management in various project phases including site investigation and remediation for projects in various programs such as the inactive hazardous waste disposal site program (State Superfund), the Brownfield Cleanup Program, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action program, and the Manufactured Gas Plant program.

Duties will include reviewing site documentation, workplans, and reports to assess compliance with New York State policies and regulations; interaction with remedial parties, property owners and the public; interaction with governmental agencies and municipal leadership; oversight of remediation sites, remedial consultants and contractors; review of site conditions and data to assess the nature and extent of site contamination; evaluation of remedial alternatives and remedy selection;

review of remedial designs and implementation of selected remedies; and monitoring of remedy effectiveness.

The project manager is expected to manage multiple projects, while prioritizing workload and addressing all site technical and administrative needs. Experience with Geographic Information System (GIS) – based software a plus. Travel to New York City and/or Long Island for field work and oversight will be required. Additional duties will be discussed during interviews.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non‑competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non‑competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Reassignment – Currently in the title and an employee of DEC

Reinstatement Eligible – Previously held the title on a permanent competitive basis.

Transfer Eligible – One year of permanent competitive service in a title designated as appropriate for transfer in accordance with Section 70.1 of Civil Service Law.

For eligibility under 70.4 transfer or 55b/c, employees must meet the minimum qualifications below. Please note that if applying under the 55b/c, candidates must include with their resume or application, a copy of the letter from Civil Service which indicates approval for the 55b/c program.

A bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or engineering technology as listed below;
Qualifying degrees:
Aeronautical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering Technology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering Technology, Environmental Design Engineering, Environmental Resources Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, Forest Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Paper Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Plastics…